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Why Merchants Need to Start Accepting Cryptocurrency Payments – Jason Butcher | eCom Ops podcast

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CoinPayments CEO Jason Butcher recently joined Norbert Strappler on The eCom Ops podcast to discuss the evolution of cryptocurrencies and how they’re reimagining the future of commerce, easing operations, and streamlining transaction fees for merchants and users alike. Today, we’re breaking down some of the key takeaways from the discussion.  Cryptocurrency adoption is at all-time highs According to recent data, cryptocurrency adoption has settled into its fourth stage — acceptance. Today, there is a larger amount of cryptocurrency users than ever before.  The rise of cryptocurrency adoption comes as no…

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Businesses Need to Offer More Payment Options to Customers – Jason Butcher | eCommerce Master Plan Podcast

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CoinPayments CEO Jason Butcher was recently interviewed by Chloë Thomas in the eCommerce Master Plan podcast, where they had an interesting conversation about the future of payments and discussed the latest opportunities available to Ecommerce businesses.  Here’s a little sneak peek into their discussion: Chloë Thomas: How did you end up in the world of payment solutions?  Jason Butcher: In the early 90’s, I was involved in a company called World Shopping Network (WSN) and we were really at the forefront of the Ecommerce space. In the 2000s, I developed…

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Join the 2020 World Rainforest Day Movement with CoinPayments

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World Rainforest Day 2020 is just around the corner, a day dedicated to putting the spotlight on a major environmental issue that is affecting us all.  The Amazon rainforest alone circulates about 20% of the world’s oxygen and remains a crucial ecosystem for our species, and yet these tropical woods continue to be deforested at an accelerating rate. What’s more, almost 15% of global carbon emissions annually are due to clearing of rainforests for animal agriculture, illegal logging, mining, oil drilling and forest fires. PROTECT OUR RAINFORESTS That is why…

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CoinPayments’ Jason Butcher to Speak at Virtual Blockchain Summit 2020

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The 2020 Virtual Blockchain Summit takes place this week, and CoinPayments’ CEO Jason Butcher is set to be a panelist at the event. You won’t want to miss his discussion on the Crypto Exchanges Infrastructure Challenges Panel alongside SEON’s Tamas Kadar, Shrimpy’s Micheal McCarty, Finery Tech’s Ilia Drozdov and Orion Protocol’s Kal Ali. The panelists will share their thoughts on the risks associated with crypto exchanges, cost optimization strategies through automation, and liquidity options in the industry. Join CoinPayments at the 2020 Virtual Blockchain Summit on June 11 at 9:30…

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Vancouver’s Very Own Blockchain Yacht Event

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Today, in beautiful B.C., there are a variety of well-established sectors which have dominated the economy for quite some time; Real Estate, the film industry, and of course its very own natural resources such as Forestry and Mining are only a few of the thriving industries of British Columbia. Shattering ceilings in a faster way than ever anticipated, the Technology and Finance scene in this Pacific North Western gem have seen tremendous growth since 2012. Representing five percent of B.C.’s workforce as a whole, tech workers in the province outnumber…

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The Unsung Heroes of Technology

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A Tribute to Mr. Data Amazon, Ebay, Bitcoin, Facebook – What do all these familiar names have in common? A code rich platform! From the simplest of our daily interactions such as paying for our subway fare or applying a beautifying filter to our selfies – to the most complex of technology riddles, like AI and quantum computing, there is always a person or team who wrote code to enable the interaction. These people are known as Core Developers (Magicians for short). A Developer’s job is to write and maintain…

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SHE256 – Women in Blockchain

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A Women in Blockchain event hosted by Blockchain at Berkeley, SHE256’s vision is to empower and motivate women ahead of this disruptive and newly emerging technology, by offering “A unique opportunity to set the culture and tone”, says Sara Reynolds, Executive Director of SHE256, in her bubbly opening statement. Inclusivity, connecting communities and changing the ratio are some of the terms heavily spotlighted throughout the day, offering the audience a true sense of belonging; which is precisely what SHE256 intends to achieve with their mission. Upon arriving at UC Berkeley’s…

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CoinPayments at FFCON18

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Fintech & Funding Conference On March 5 & 6 2018, the National Crowdfunding and Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA), will be hosting FFCON18, a leading financial technology and funding conference that will be held in Toronto, Ontario. The theme for this year will be to focus primarily on accelerating the speed of blockchain and capital innovation by reducing friction with efficiency – Velocity. CoinPayments, along with other major industry partners such as Nikola Tesla Unite Ltd, Pegasus Fintech and FrontFundr to name a few, will be providing education, industry mentorship,…

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CoinPayments Sponsors Polycon

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CoinPayments is pleased to announce our partnership with Polycon to be a presenting sponsor during the February 28 – March 3, 2018 sold-out conference being held in Bahamas and put on by Grit Capital and Polymath. Polycon is the first crypto related conference dedicated to securities tokens and will bring together both sides of the currently split financial world and crypto/blockchain world. With big names like Patrick Byrne of Overstock.com, Anthony Di Iorio of Jaxx & Decentral and Bill Tai of BitFury all providing keynote addresses, it’s guaranteed that guests…

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